Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in rox-base/rox: ChangeLog rox-2.7-r2.ebuild

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday 20 December 2007, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 15:05 Mon 17 Dec , Jim Ramsay (lack) wrote: > > Added:rox-2.7-r2.ebuild > > > > IUSE="+svg +video" > > svg already defaults on for all the desktop profiles, so I'm not really > sure what that's gaining you. today for a

[gentoo-dev] Running a script to remove useless deps like virtual/libc from ebuilds

2007-12-30 Thread Petteri Räty
I have a script coming up that can remove virtual/libc dependencies from ebuilds automatically but can this be done safely for all ebuilds are are there ebuilds in system that really need this dep for stage building etc? Are there other deps to like this that could be removed? At least sys-libs/zli

Re: [gentoo-dev] Random items I'd like to discuss

2007-12-30 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:38:10 +0100 Luca Barbato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Multiply number of dep types (build, run, install, compile against, > > post, probably more) by number of requirement levels (required, > > suggested, recommended) by number of ABI combinations by number of > > system co

[gentoo-dev] media-libs/svgalib maintainers wanted

2007-12-30 Thread Daniel Drake
Hi, Are there any developers who use svgalib and would be interested in helping out maintenance-wise? It's currently maintained by Mike (spanky) but he doesn't use it or have any interest in it - he just looks after it because nobody else does. I believe he's about to commit the fix for the

[gentoo-dev] Maintainer needed for motif related ebuilds

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Loeser
There are currently a few issues open with the motif related ebuilds that need resolving. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=motif The ones I see as big issues right now (since they are in QA's bug list): https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147067 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bu

[gentoo-dev] has_version etc parallelisability

2007-12-30 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
Is it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends in parallel? Is it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends after the ebuild process has terminated? Discuss. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2007-12-30 23h59 UTC

2007-12-30 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2007-12-30 23h59 UTC. Removals: dev-libs/libcpml2007-12-27 11:56:48 armin76 dev-libs/libcxml2007-12-27 11:56:50 armin76 dev-lang/ccc

[gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Loeser
This is a very very rough draft/question about how we should move forward with USE flag documentation and specification. The entire idea of a single USE flag having different meanings will need to be revisted later. I just want to get an idea of how we can document these different meanings. Plea

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2007-12-30 Thread Alec Warner
On 12/30/07, Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a very very rough draft/question about how we should move > forward with USE flag documentation and specification. The entire idea > of a single USE flag having different meanings will need to be revisted > later. I just want to get an

Re: [gentoo-dev] has_version etc parallelisability

2007-12-30 Thread Petteri Räty
Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: > Is it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends in parallel? Is > it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends after the ebuild > process has terminated? Discuss. > Do you/anybody know if they are used in parallel in the tree at the moment? Regards, P

Re: [gentoo-dev] has_version etc parallelisability

2007-12-30 Thread Alec Warner
On 12/30/07, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends in parallel? Is > it legal for ebuilds to call has_version and friends after the ebuild > process has terminated? Discuss. If the pm implements read/write locking on the underlying dat

[gentoo-dev] Re: Random items I'd like to discuss

2007-12-30 Thread Steve Long
Luca Barbato wrote: > Some items I have in wishlist > > - LRDEPEND link runtime dep (I need to link against that in order to run) I heartily concur with a link dependency, since it's such a fundamental relationship between packages: if A links to B we need to recompile A when the ABI for B chang